The pupils all know that any behaviour that is threatening or hurting another person is bullying

All pupils know that if they are being bullied or know/suspect that someone is being bullied they need to inform an adult, whether it is a teacher or a parent etc immediately.

The pupils at Edward Pauling Primary School are receptive to the notion of assessing the severity of the bullying incident – from an initial mild response of ignoring it, to informing an adult to (in the most severe cases) contacting the police.

Our pupils understand and agree that encouraging or even ignoring bullying contributes to it, thus agreeing that it is important to always be inclusive and if you think that a fellow classmate etc is being deliberately excluded then to make sure that you make a conscious effort to include them.

Furthermore the pupils know the importance of ‘standing up’ to the bully, demonstrating that a complete lack of tolerance or support for bullying is a powerful tool in itself when tackling issues of bullying.

To summarise the pupils know that to deal with incidents of bullying they:

Tell an adult – either a teacher or a parent or similar.

Don’t ignore bullying – always report it.

Use the worry box

Stand up to the bully – don’t encourage or condone their behaviour.

Bullying is both understood and unwelcome in the school.

Bullying can take different forms from physical bullying (such as punching, kicking etc) to emotional or psychological bullying (such as teasing, deliberately leaving somebody out etc).

Bullying is something that takes place more than once, that it is repeated aggressive /threatening behaviour that is intended to hurt.

Our pupils are aware of cyber or text bullying. They know that this is unacceptable and that they should report it immediately.